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Wonder where the name Bishop Square came from?? Read and know now

KU bishop square 

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Those who have been to KU have probably heard of the Bishop’s Square, the open space outside Western Dining Hall and designed like the Graduation Square located outside Eastern Dining Hall. It was named after a well known Archbishop who was then a Bishop in his church. We will not name the Archbishop because he is still active in his religious call and is a prominent politician in Nyanza. We will only mention that Honorable James Orengo would have celebrated if that Volvo car belonging to the Archbishop was burnt down in the recent past. The Archbishop happens to be his relative too. Don’t ask me why he would probably celebrate to learn that a car of an archbishop and a relative has been burnt down by students over the passions of the Archbishop. It is all about politics and little about morality. This is a case of politics being thicker than blood.



Students at the universities hated seeing all those limousines arriving at odd hours at night. I remember the days when lights would go off, thanks to KPLC. Students would go on rampage. Male students would head to women’s hostel and the anger would be directed at the “good cars”. In KU, those beaten cars would be spared while the limos would be on fire or have their windscreen smashed by the students, some getting overturned as their owners got stoned and chased out of the university. The argument was that the VW Beatles and other beaten cars mostly belonged to former students, teachers who were coming to meet their sweethearts and like the students were struggling financially.



The limos were thought to belong to sugar daddies. Students hated sugar daddies. They took your sweetheart and she forgot you as soon as he flashed those notes. Some female students claimed that some of those fellows were relatives coming to visit at night although questions were also raised about the kissing and the late night visits. The poor male students were referred to as cockroaches or clipboards by the female students. They were the students who didn’t have any fixed room they would be visiting. Some of these cockroaches were weird. A couple of psycho cockroaches were known to sneak into the women shower rooms and like real cockroaches would like into the ceiling and hide there. They would then have a field day watching naked women take shower.



They were called cockroaches because they were known to move from one hostel room to another in search of a woman for a date or just go to the hostels aimlessly, just to have a look at the beauties. Some used the excuse of discussing academic work to visit the hostels and spent too much time doing nothing. Female students show the cockroaches as nuisance.



They were also clipboards because instead of driving a good car during a date in the women hostel, they carried their only valuable, a clipboard which was used for notes taking. Instead of parking their valuables at the right place, they would park the clipboard on the bed of the female student or place it on her table as they sat on the bed.



Many of these cockroaches were members of KUFA (Kenyatta University Floaters Associations). KUFA was the union of the cockroaches. They didn’t have girlfriends and were full of lust and frustrations. They spent hours sitting on those blocks of stones built on most paths leading to the hostels and above the sewage line. They would sit on the blocks known as frustration stones for hours discussing women and any other nonsense as they watched the beauties pass by. They would be seated near women hostels or at the shopping center where they would have a good view of the beauties. It these cockroaches who would look for any opportunity to burn down or smash vehicles belonging to the well to do visitors. They loved blackouts because they got opportunities to revenge, as if it was the tycoons and sugar daddies stopping them from getting dates.



There were problems facing the owners every time a car got burnt down. Those who were sneaking to the hostels for dates had a hard time explaining how and why the car burnt down to their insurance companies and to their wives. Some fellows were caught kissing outside the women hostels and would face a barrage of stones from the cockroaches. That would be double or triple tragedy, getting your car burnt down, facing a furious wife and then facing the car insurance.



In one instance, a friend was dating a cute lady from my district and never suspected that that she was having a good time with a tycoon. She lived at Aberdares, the hostel next to the main administration block. One day he met her applying lipstick at around 10 at night and dressing to kill. She never expected him that evening and had in fact passed by his Menengai Hostel (located close to Aberdares Hostel) from the dinning hall. She was wise, probably not. She spent quality time with him in his room that day as she usually did. The fellow got some good attention and so she thought he would not find any need to go to her hostel after that. But on this day, he just got suspicious, may be the seventh sense and went to visit her. He was surprised to see her dressing to kill. She was dressed in a nice evening dress, good for an outing. She explained that she just felt like applying lisptick to “look and feel good” and was going nowhere. She explained that she was dressed in an evening dress because it was an evening. He was not satisfied but he left.



The fellow went collecting huge stones, good enough for a Gor Mahia and AFC fans fight and put them in a backpack. He also packed more stones in his pockets and like a Gor Mahia fan, was ready for the intifada. He then went inside the Kei Apple fence located near the Aberdares Hostel and spent a good one hour waiting. He was “checking” each car arriving to pick-up or drop off somebody but never gave up.



Around 11 PM, a tycoon arrived driving a Mercedes Benz. He saw him park the limo and go to the hostel and then leave with his sweetheart holding her hand and kissing her repeatedly as they went into the car. The tycoon was visibly happy and was in very good mood as he walked to his car holding her hand close to his chest. She was also looking very happy. May be she was waiting for the time when they tycoon would continue from where my friend had left. Little did she know that her other man was watching her. He was at this time getting irritated and suffering from mosquito bites and the thorns from Kei Apple piercing his skin. He was probably wondering whether these are the frogs they talk about one kissing before he is able to get his sweetheart. These must have been painful kisses from the frog. He felt like crying as he waited for a good opportunity to teach the frog a lesson.



The fellow then did what has made us proud of our country runners. He took off as the Mercedes Benz left Aberdares Hostel and run after it at night. He was a wise fellow and little did know that he could compete for an Olympic Marathon. He didn’t follow the car but cut across then grassy area where they park buses during graduation ceremonies (near the current AVU building, run across the bushy area. He arrived at the gate at the same time the Mercedes Benz was arriving there. The driver had to wait for the gate to be opened. His was a shortcut but we must salute the fellow for running faster than anybody else known to chase a Mercedes Benz. We suggested the following the day that he tries sports.



The fellow arrived on time to throw a couple of stones at the Mercedes, some stones landing on the vehicle and other at the security officers. The security officers thought the university was going on strike as a hail of stones landed at the Mercedes Benz and on them. The vehicle was reported to have been damaged. The backscreen gone as the security officers took off as the stones kept on flying towards them. The Mercedes Benz took off under a hail of stones towards the City with his sweetheart as he returned to his hostel panting and sweating. He was throwing the stones from a distance but close enough to cause damage. He was happy with the damage caused to the Mercedes Benz but upset with the damage he knew the tycoon would cause to his sweetheart.



We were happy with what he accomplished but upset that he went crying in front of his sweetheart as he knelt before her and pleaded with her to stop dating that tycoon. We believe she stopped seeing him thereafter. He is now happily married to her and that is why we will not name him although he shall remain on the list of shame.



The Archbishop was then just a Bishop in his church. He was still very rich and was known to have a couple of wives. His church is not averse to a Bishop or Archbishop marrying more than one wife. He was later to venture into politics and become a senior politician at one time during the Moi era.



The Archbishop was then dating a student who was also dating a peer in KU. The date was residing at Suswa Hostel. The hostel located near the post office and near the gate separating KU with Kahawa Barracks. At that time the gate separating KU with Kahawa Barracks and located near the post office used to be open for passersby people but was heavily guarded by the military police. Students would go to buy cheap alcohol and spirits in the Army Barracks and return via that gate. The military fellow also used to come to KU for discos and for dates. Nobody complained about the military fellows because they also provided a cheap avenue for beer and spirits. Students would also run there during riots for protection. The police would not dare cross to the barracks. I think Kenya Bus No. 45 used to also ply that route at one time or would drop off students off at the famous Ngong Hostel.



On that afternoon, the Archbishop had arrived and parked his new Volvo car at the now Bishop’s Square and then walked to Suswa Hostel. The boyfriend had noted that the Bishop was a frequent visitor and so on this day decided to teach him a lesson.



The boyfriend was reported to have bought gasoline ahead of time. He then waited for the Bishop to go to the hostel and gave him a few minutes to settle down and have a good time with his date. He then alerted his friends and then made the noise usually made whenever one wanted the troops to assemble, a kind of ululation and whistling which would attract cockroaches in seconds. Within seconds, students had surrounded the Bishop’s Volvo. The car was overturned and was in flames in a few minutes. At the time the car went on fire, the students started to sing the popular Swahili gospel song, Moto Umewaka Leo. The part where one sings about the fire being the work of Jesus (Na moto ni kazi ya Yesu), the cockroaches sang about the fire being the work of the bishop (Moto ni kazi ya Bishop).



The Bishop is said to have learnt of his car going on fire. He immediately left Suswa Hostel running towards the Post Office and to the Kahawa Barracks as he quickly run holding his cassock and the dog’s collar he had worn at the time of the visit to KU. He was reported to have reached the fence separating KU with Kahawa Barracks as he pleaded with the security officers and military to open the gate. He then requested for Military intervention (they just let him seek for alternative transportation back home) as his car went in flames with the cockroaches celebrating the good work they had done as they continued singing moto umewaka leo na moto ni kazi ya Bishop !

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To All 2nd and 3rd Year Students - Applications for Study Abroad Exchange Programme (SAP)

Kenyatta University has developed for implementation a Semester Abroad Students Exchange Programme following the signing of Memoranda of Understanding with selected universities in Africa. The aim of this unique and affordable student exchange programme is to provide opportunity to students to experience academic and social environments other than theirs for one semester and to promote the strengthening of the East African Community.
The characteristics of the programme are as follows:

1. Only 2nd and 3rd year students are eligible for this programme.
2. The period of each exchange will be for the equivalent of one (1) semester.
3. Exchange students will be permitted to enroll in courses as agreed on by the Heads of Departments of the two institutions.
4. KU students will be registered as students at the host university and shall be entitled to all the privileges and subjected to the same rules and regulations, as other students at the host university.
5. Students proceeding to the host university are expected to pay their tuition, other statutory payments and accommodation fees to their home university before departure to the host university. The host institutions shall provide accommodation in their halls of residence to exchange students.
6. Each student shall meet the cost of food, clothing and incidental expenses while abroad.
7. Students participating in the exchange will receive credits at the host institution for work completed and return with their credits.
8. All students must comply with the host University’s rules and regulations for registration.
9. Each exchange student must provide his or her own health and accident insurance.
10. All students must possess passports and visas (if needed) valid for the period of the exchange.
11. Applicants must have the application form duly endorsed by his or her parent/guardian.
12. Participating students shall fill an indemnity form prior to departure

All students who are interested in participating in this exciting programme should apply by filling an application form available at the Centre for International Programmes and Collaborations (CIPC) offices situated on Nigeria Street, Office Block No.19 or by downloading from the Kenyatta University website (http://www.ku.ac.ke) home page(under the university news items).
The applications should reach the Director, Centre for International Programmes and Collaboration on or before June 30th 2012.
Successful applicants will be contacted by July 15th 2012.
Thank you.
Dr. Vincent Onywera, Ph. D, ISAK 2
DIRECTOR
CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMES AND COLLABORATION

A Note to all Kenyans

A NOTE TO ALL KENYANS:

WENYE NCHI.TAKE A FEW MINUTES OF YOUR TIME N READ
THIS....

RAILA AMOLO
WILLLIAM RUTO
MUSALIA MUDAVADI
UHURU KENYATTA
... ... PETER KENNNETH
MARTHA KARUA
PROF OLE KIYIAPI
KALONZO MUSYOKA
RAPHAEL TUJU
MUTAVA MUSYIMI
GEORGE SAITOTO
they have the following in common:
a.they are millionaires.
b.they are famous
c.have no idps among their familymemebers
d.they are on a fat pay cheque list
e.their security is guaranteed.
f.their health is highly insured.
g.they drive big cars.
h.they live in poshy neighborhoods
i.never get affected by arbitral matatu hikes wen it rains.
j.never que at knh for near nil medical services.
k.their kids go to the best schools abroad.
l.wen they call for a public demo,their wives and kids never participate
but are well secured behind a cricket oval.
m.they dont wait for munyes or atwoli to announce to a 13% salary increment
once a year whereas inflation is at all times more than 15%.theirs is
automatic will.
n.they all hold diplomatic passports incase things in kenya become hot.
o.they have a special human rightcalled political right.
p.their families never sleep hungry.
q.they never get affected by floods.they have an option of many homesteads
or can even fly.
r.they are never affected by demolitions.
s.when in trouble,their tribe come to their rescue.
The list is endless...
The only common thing we have with them is our national I.IDs.
Now before you think of fighting your neighbour in the name of defending them
take a look at your I.D.that is who u r and that is where you came from
unless you lied about it.only God knows where you are headed next.
LUO'S the only connection u have with ogingas family is maybe you walked
along oginga odinga street today hustling for a job or maybe you were in a
kanjos van arrested for hawking,spitting,sneezing aloud,walking aimlessly
ama masaa ya mututho.
KIKUYUS the only connection you have with Kenyattas family is maybe you
walked along Kenyatta avenue,mama ngina,you were admitted or born at
KNH,you trespassed via KICC,or JKIA,went to kenyatta hae skull or K.U,or
maybe you were broke couldnt afford lunch and opted for 200 ml brookside
milk for lunch.you are financially close to them by making them richer.
For kalenjins,merus,embus,luhyas,maasais and the rest ,the only connection
you have with your so called with my choice is you may have watched them on
tv as they belch strategizing on how to cash your hard earned cash or their
helicopters may have disturbed ur lunch break-hunger-slumber under a tree.
Sisi mdio wenye nchi and we should protect our fellow wenye nchi who we
share so much in common.let us remain united as Kenyans.
pass the world across.
Feel free to copy and paste on your Wall. Spread the Word.

Anyone with Atwoli’s contacts?

By Mwalimu Andrew

When I faulted the appointment of Juma to head this school, it was not out of envy: I just didn’t believe he was the best candidate for the job.
Not when there were more qualified intellectuals around like myself. His inability to run a school of Mwisho wa Lami’s stature came out clearly last week.
It was not until towards the second week that we held our first meeting. Both Juma and his deputy Kwame are rare species in the school.
That day there was high drama. It all started last term, when Juma allowed many students to repeat Class Eight. If you remember, I opposed this but Juma overruled me.
And, despite the increase in the number of pupils, Juma did not increase the number of desks in the school. As a result, a desk that should accommodate three pupils had five.
The situation got worse this term when we received four more Class Eight pupils whom Juma had registered for KCPE without consulting me as the Director of Studies.
I sought a meeting with Kwame, the Deputy HM, over the matter. “Mwalimu, when will we get new desks in Class Seven and Eight?” I asked.
“Don’t worry,” he said, “We have ordered new desks and they will arrive next week.” Madam Anita returned from maternity leave, and Madam Ruth was preparing to go on leave any time.
I am not an expert in these matters but from the looks of things, I suspect Madam Mary will join her in third term.

Laze around
The arrival of two new teachers, Rumona and Tito, and the return of Anita and the expected departure of Madam Ruth, meant changes in lesson allocations.
As a result, when we opened, all we did was to laze around the staffroom. But, last Wednesday afternoon, we all received an SMS from Kwame:
“HM has summoned an urgent staff meeting tomorrow at 8.00 a.m. in the morning. Urgenta: AOB, Lesson allocations, Schemes and Term 2 Strategic Vision.” Kwame had not been in school for three days.
I arrived in school very early and went to Class Eight for a dose of Kiswahili. When the pupils were all seated, there were several desks with five pupils each. They were struggling to write. I went called the Headmaster.
“Mr HM, the congestion in Class Eight does not offer students a serene academic environment,” I said.
“The school has no money. You will have to do with the little resources that we have available,” he said and disconnected the line.
I went back to class and called out the fifth pupil in every desk and led them into the staffroom where I asked them to pick up a chair each. We even took the HM’s and Deputy HM’s tables.
Teachers arrived in the staffroom to find no chairs. Mr Juma went straight to his office and came out immediately.
“Who took the table from my office?” he asked loudly. He then walked to the staffroom where he found most of the teachers standing. “And what is happening here, are you people exercising?”
“We found the chairs missing,” Kwame told the HM. Class Eight pupils laughed. I signaled them to keep quiet, and went ahead with the lesson.

Ignored him
I saw Mrs. Atika and Kwame at the door but chose to ignore them. Kwame knocked at the door but I ignored him too. Frustrated, they left me alone. The pupils laughed loudly and I continued teaching.
A minute after Kwame left, the HM stormed into the classroom. “Mwalimu Andrew! Are you the one who instructed the pupils to carry furniture away from the staffroom?”
“Yes, Mr Headmaster,” I said. “They had nowhere to sit.”
“What do you mean they had nowhere to sit? There are enough desks here!”
“They are few and five pupils can’t fit on one desk,” I answered.
“What do you mean? In our days we used to sit even six on one desk!”
“Mr Headmaster, these desks are too small!” I protested.
“Shut up, Mwalimu,” he shouted. “The pupils can even sit on the floor!”
At that point the Class Eight pupils booed him. “What! You are inciting students against me!” He then ordered the pupils who were sitting on chairs to return them to the staffroom. I left for the staff meeting.
Once everyone was seated, the HM came out of his office and called off the meeting. “Someone just spoilt my mood and now I have to deal with that,” he said and left the school.
That afternoon, Nyayo, the carpenter arrived at school and started making new desks. The same evening, I received a letter from the HM accusing me of insubordination and incitement. The letter was copied to the AEO, DEO and TSC.
I have ten10 days to respond or else further disciplinary action would be taken against me. I will not respond. But, to be safe, I need to be well prepared. Anyone with Atwoli’s contacts?

The Story Of My Life - By Linda Ikeji

I started struggling since I was 17 to support my family. I said the day I sell my body to a man for money, may God strike me dead. I was determined to make it on my own, never let any man take my dignity.
It was early 2000, I was 19 years old, in my second year at the University of Lagos. I’d been a model for about a year and a half then. Modeling back then didn’t pay a lot. Sometimes you eat, sometimes you can’t find food. Sometimes you had money, sometimes you will have to beg for it. I’m not from a rich home. I started struggling since I was 17 to support my family.

So I kinda hard a tough life growing up but I kept working, doing all sorts of modeling jobs, ushering, fashion shows, and at one point I sold beer at a hotel. I’d leave lectures, go to a hotel and sell beer from 1pm till 10pm. I did this for a few months. It wasn’t easy but I had to survive. One of the things I said to myself back then was, the day I sell my body to a man for money, may God strike me dead. I was determined to make it on my own, never let any man take my dignity.
In those days, most young girls had an “aristo” I was never one of those girls. I would rather starve or beg for food than give my body to a man for money.
So back to my story. It was early 2000, I hadn’t done any modeling jobs in a bit. I didn’t have any money in school, hadn’t ate a proper meal in days, there was no money at home… My sister called and asked if I could send money home…didn’t have any. I wondered what to do…then I thought of this ” aristo” who had been chasing me for months now…old man…married.. .rich…in his fifties.
I said to myself, why don’t you call him and beg him for money. Tell a lie, say you need it to go to the hospital ‘cos you’re sick or something that desperate. Which was what I did. What he said to me was ‘you know I like you. I don’t know why you’re behaving like a child. You need someone to take care of you blah blah blah’.
Eventually he said I should meet him at a hotel. I will never forget that hotel…Ambassadors hotel in Ikoyi. I was apprehensive about going but I was desperate…I said to myself what’s the worse that can happen? It’s not like he will rape you and there was no way in hell I would sleep with him, so I figured even if he didn’t give me the money I asked for, at least he would give me money for transport fare to go back home…that transport fare was what I was looking forward to honestly. I didn’t have a dime on me, in fact I borrowed small money from a friend to go to the hotel.
So when I got there, he bought me hotel food (my first real meal in days…:-)) and after I was done eating, he made his move. I shoved him off. He kept trying and I kept pushing him away and after a while he got angry and said something like, why did you come here then? Are you a child? He was angry that I made him pay for a hotel room, spent money on food etc and not give him what he wanted. So he got up to leave…and I told him I didn’t have any money to go back to school. If looks could kill, I would have died in that moment he turned to look at me. He left the hotel room, and I followed him. I kept begging and trying to explain to him that I didn’t have transport to go back, he didn’t say a word to me as he entered his vehicle and drove off.
I stood in front of the hotel wondering how I was going to get back to school. All I had on me was N15. N15 wasn’t going to take me from Ikoyi to Akoka. In my plans, I never imagined that I wasn’t going to at least get a few thousands from him. I’d seen this guy before…he was a friend’s boss. He owned a media business back then and every time I went to see this friend, this man would call me into his office…tell me how pretty I am, how much he likes me and how well he can take care of me.
And he always gave me 5k whenever I was ready to leave his office. But this time I was the one who called him…so he must have figured I was ready to give in. We both misunderstood each other, I guess…:-)
Anyway, after standing in front of the hotel for a few minutes, I went back in and saw a young man at the front desk. I explained my situation to him…he was kind enough to give me N100 and that was the money that took me half way home. By the time I got to Yaba, I’d run out of cash, so I trekked from Yaba bus stop to UNILAG Akoka. I remember saying to myself while I was trekking with tears in my eyes, that one day I’m going to make something of myself…every money I make in this world would be my own hard earned money…I don’t care how bad it gets, no man is ever going to take away my self respect…that’ s all I have!
And that’s the way I lived. Determined to make it in life. On my own terms. As my own woman. I kept struggling and struggling until God finally blessed me.
Now I have more money than I even know what to do with it. I make millions of Naira from what I love doing…blogging. The best part of all this is that I would blog for free. Now I don’t chase money anymore…it chases me. It’s not even just about the money, it’s the great friends I’ve met via this blog, the wonderful people I interact with here, the freebies I get. How much of a big deal I am to some people.
How some people see me in person and scream with excitement and want to take photos with me. Sometimes I pinch myself…I almost can’t believe this is my life.
Once in a while I think of that 19 year old girl who trekked for miles to school because she would not sell her body and I say to her, we made it, Linda, we made it!
So maybe I’m not a role model in terms of what I do, but I know I’m definitely a role model as a young woman. To all the young girls out there, if you’re reading this, you can make it on your own. You don’t need to spread your legs for men, you don’t need these old married men who just take your glory. You’re strong, you’re beautiful, there’s nothing you can’t achieve on your own. God has given you something no one else has. Find what it is and build yourself. Don’t worry about what other girls around you have. Dignity is far more valuable than a range rover. Make it in life on your own terms and as your own woman, so that you can look back one day and be proud of who you were and who you are.
I wish every one well in their journey. God bless